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TIL that all time travel movies are banned in China.
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TIL scientists reverse engineered a natural memory by mapping the brain circuits underlying its formation, then “trained” another animal by stimulating brain cells in the pattern of the natural memory, which created an artificial memory that was indistinguishable from the natural one.
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TIL Eminem's daughter Hailie Scott was crowned homecoming queen, and he watched it from an empty classroom to avoid taking the attention from her
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TIL Prostitutes in the Victorian era would wear pubic hair wigs called merkins so that their clients wouldn't think they had syphilis, which causes pubic balding
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TIL When fat people watch videos with fat stigma they are more likely to over-consume calories as a result
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TIL that there is a string called an "eruv" encircling most American cities, including almost all of Manhattan, strung from pole to pole. The one in Manhattan costs $100k / year to maintain.